Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

There are hook-like spines on the fishhook barrel cactus, whose function is to latch on to water borne debris and transport the seed to favorable locations for germination.

There are hook-like spines on the fishhook barrel cactus, whose function is to latch on to water borne debris and transport the seed to favorable locations for germination.

The fishhook barrel cactus has hook-like spines, whose function is to latch on to water borne debris and transport the seed to locations favorable for germination.

There are hook-like spines on the fishhook barrel cactus, the function of which is to latch on to water borne debris and transport the seed to locations favorable for germination.

To transport the seeds to locations favorable for germination, the fishhook barrel cactus has hooked spines that latch on to water borne debris.

The fishhook barrel cactus has hook-like spines, with the function of latching on to water borne debris and transporting the seed to locations favorable for germination.